Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/baĺč

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bāĺ

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

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Noun

*baĺč

1. (anatomy) head
2. beginning

Declension

Declension of *baĺč

	singular 3)
nominative	*baĺč
accusative	*baĺčïg, *baĺčnï1)
genitive	*baĺčnïŋ
dative	*baĺčka
locative	*baĺčda
ablative	*baĺčdan
allative	*baĺčgaru
instrumental 2)	*baĺčïn
equative 2)	*baĺčča
similative 2)	*baĺčlayu
comitative 2)	*baĺčlïgu

¹⁾ Originally used only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Derived terms

• *baĺč-lïg
• *baĺč-sïŕ
• *baĺč-lïk
• *baĺč-la-

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Bulgar: بج (baç), بَجنَ (baçna, “beginning of”)
    • Chuvash: пуҫ (puś)
  • >? Bulgar: بلج
• Proto-Common Turkic: *baš

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: baş
• Proto-Oghuz: *baš
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: بَاشْ (baş)
      • Azerbaijani: baş
      • Gagauz: baş
      • Ottoman Turkish: باش (baş), պաշ (baş) — Armeno-Turkish
        • Turkish: baş
        • → Albanian: bash
        • → Armenian: պաշ (paš)
        • → Bulgarian: баш (baš)
        • → Macedonian: баш (baš)
        • → Romanian: baș
        • → Serbo-Croatian: bȁš / ба̏ш
  • East Oghuz:
    • Salar: baş
    • Turkmen: baş
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بَشْ, باشْ (baš)
    • Khorezmian Turkic: باش (baš)
      • Chagatai: باش (baš)
        • Uzbek: bosh
        • Uyghur: باش (bash)
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak: بَش (baş)
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: баш (baş)
      • Tatar: баш (baş)
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: baş
      • Karachay-Balkar: баш (baş)
      • Karaim: [script needed] (baş)
      • Kumyk: баш (baş)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: бас (bas)
        • Karakalpak: bas
        • Nogai: бас (bas)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: баш (baş)
        • Southern Altai: баш (baš)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰉𐱁 (baš)
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽼𐽰𐽿 (baš /⁠pʾš⁠/)
    • Western Yugur: baʂ
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: бас (bas)
    • Yakut: бас (bas)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: баш (baş)
      • Tofa: баъш
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: пас (pas)
      • Shor: паш (paš)

References

• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*baĺč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill